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* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The entire episode "Your Baloo's In The Mail" proves this.

* [[Positive Discrimination]]: Subverted. Despite being a female character of the strong independent business woman variety, Rebecca makes her fair share of mistakes, with her and Baloo getting roughly equal opportunities to play the [[Straight Man]] for each other.

* [[Punny Name]]: All over the place--area names like Cape Suzette (Crêpe Suzette), episode titles like "The Idol Rich" (The Idle Rich) and "The Sound and the Furry", and some major and minor characters' names.

* [[Putting on the Reich]]: The nation of Thembria resembles the Soviet Union.

* [[Tickle Torture]]: Don Karnage does it to Kit in "Polly Wants a Treasure".

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Baloo is often shown to act more [[It's All About Me|selfish]] and [[Small Name, Big Ego|egotistical]] than his original ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'' interpretation (albeit [[Depending on the Writer]] and balanced by [[The Ace|his role]] [[Knight in Shining Armor|in some]] [[Papa Wolf|other episodes]]).

* [[TV Genius]]: Rebecca, in contrast to [[Book Dumb]] but streetwise Baloo, has an MBA and is refined in terms of social inequity, but is a borderline [[The Ditz|Ditz]] in terms of the outside world.

* [[The Unfair Sex]]: The show plays a variation of sorts, with a recurring plotline involving either Baloo or Rebecca falling in love with [[Romantic False Lead|a new cast member]] and generally disregarding the other character's attempts to bail them out of the problems their "[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|love interest]]" is causing them. Despite the similar tone and extent for many of these instances, Rebecca tends to be played as a lot more sympathetic in her cases (eg. [[Tear Jerker|"Her Chance To Dream"]], "Molly Coddled") than Baloo (eg. [[What an Idiot!|"A Star Is Torn"]]).

{{quote|'''Don Karnage:''' Fools! Surely they would not be so stupid as to attack the ''Iron Vulture''! ''(Ship rocks with impact)'' ...They are more stupid than I thought!}}

** Also in "Polly Wants a Treasure"

'''Ignatz:''' ''([[Insufferable Genius|Long-suffering sigh]])'' Right again, Baloo. }}

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Baloo as "[[Punny Name|Tan-Margaret]]" in "Feminine Air".

* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Used a fair few times, usually with [[Loveable Rogue|Baloo]] or [[Control Freak|Rebecca]].

* [[World of Funny Animals]]

* [[Wronski Feint]] / [[Aerial Canyon Chase]]: Baloo's main defense against attackers in the air since his cargo plane is unarmed.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Shere Khan always finds some measure of victory even in defeat - even in plots ''that don't involve him''.

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